Friday, April 08, 2011

FIIs continue buying

Inflow of Rs 716.30 crore on 6 April 2011 

Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) bought shares worth a net Rs 716.30 crore on Wednesday, 6 April 2011 which was a result of gross purchases Rs 2983.70 crore and gross sales Rs 2267.50 crore. There was an inflow of Rs 607.90 crore into the secondary equity markets which was a result of gross purchases Rs 2875.10 crore and gross sales Rs 2267.20 crore. The BSE Sensex had fallen 74.62 points or 0.38% to settle at 19,612.20 on that day. 

There was an inflow of Rs 108.30 crore into the category 'primary market & others' on Wednesday, 6 April 2011 which was a result of gross purchases Rs 108.60 crore and gross sales Rs 0.30 crore. 

FII inflow in April 2011 totaled Rs 6366.30 crore (till 6 April 2011). FIIs had bought equities worth Rs 6897.80 crore in March 2011. FII inflow in the calendar year 2011 totaled Rs 3865.40 crore (till 6 April 2011). 

FII had bought equities worth Rs 133266 crore in the calendar year 2010. In dollar terms the net equity inflow in 2010 totaled $29.36 billion, compared to an inflow of $17.45 billion in 2009. The annual inflow in 2010 was at record level. 

There are a total of 1,723 foreign funds registered with the Securities & Exchange Board of India (Sebi).